A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience.A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience.A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 4 wins & 7 nominations total
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- TriviaAudrey Meadows was the only cast member to receive residual payments for the show for her entire life. This was a result of her shrewd manager, who predicted the prospect of a "rerun" even in the early stages of television, before precedent was set for it. As a part of her contract, she was told to stipulate that if the show were to air in subsequent time slots in the future, she would be paid royalties, which is an interesting bit of history, because it's now a standard condition for all television work that the involved parties from an episode should get paid for each showing of it. These days it applies to directors, actors, actresses, writers, and voice actors, along with others in different capacities as well.
- GoofsThe background in the Kramden's window changes. This is because of the angles of the different cameras. When the left camera video is being shown, you see just windows through the window. When the middle camera footage is shown, you see buildings with fire escapes. The right camera rarely shows the window, but is slightly different when briefly shown.
Because of this, the math deduces that the minimum distance between the window and backdrop is 2.17m.
- Alternate versionsBesides the modification to the opening title sequence when prepared for syndication, original announcer Jack Lescoulie's voice was replaced with that of Gaylord Avery, a longtime CBS staff announcer.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Zenith Presents: A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary (1972)
- SoundtracksYou're My Greatest Love
Written by Jackie Gleason and Bill Templeton
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This is one of the greatest TV shows of all time. If you have never seen this, you're in for a real treat. Ralph (Jackie Gleason) is a bus driver for the Gotham Bus Company. He lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn with his long-suffering wife Alice (Audrey Meadows). His best pal is the sewer worker who lives upstairs, Ed Norton (Art Carney). Ralph is always scheming to make money. His ideas never work. The things I like best about this show is a) the writing -- introduced phrases that are now part of the American language ("To the moon, Alice!" b) the directing -- look what they did with three cameras that never moved! c) the acting, esp. the improvisation when gags failed -- remember, this was live TV! This show was the influence of the cartoon "The Flintstones", plus a couple of generations of every other TV sitcom.
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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